Penholder.



No. 741,120. PATENTE'D OCT. 13, 1903. J. W. ESTES.

PE LDER.

APPLIUATIO ED 13.13. 1903.

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Patented October 13, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN V ESTES, OF ELECTRA, TEXAS.

PENHOLDER.

SEEGIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 741,120, dated October 13, 1903.

Application filed April 13, 1903.

To all whom it Worry concern:

' Be it known that I, JQHN W. ESTES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Electra, in the conntyof Wichita, State of Texas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to penholders, and more particularly to the class designed for permitting removal of pen-points without soiling the fingers of the operator, and it has particular reference to the specific structure of the clamping means for the pen-point, the object of the invention being to provide a holder in which the pen-point will be securely held and from which it may be readily discharged or disengaged, and which holder, furthermore, may be manufactured at a minimum cost.

In the drawings forming a portion of this specification, and in which like numerals of reference indicate similar parts in the several views, Figure 1 is an elevation showing a penholder embodying the present invention.

Fig. 2 is a transverse section through the,

holder in advance of the clamping-ring and showing the ring in elevation. I Fig. 3 is a side elevation similar to Fig. 1, showing a modification. 7 p

Referring now to 'the drawings, there is shown a holder including a handle 5, which is circular in cross-section and which is tapered gradually toward its rear end, the front or major end of the handle being slotted lon-f gitudinally for substantially one-half of its length to form the spaced members 6 and 7 between which the stem of the pen-point is clamped. To facilitate holding of the penpoint, the inner face of the member 6 is concaved, while the inner face of the member 7 has twolongitudinal grooves 8 and 9, between which the face is convex or in the form of a rib. The'result of this formation is that the central portion of the slot of the handle is substantially arc-shaped transversely to snugly receive the stem of the pen-point.

To hold the members 6 and 7 normally and yieldably in spaced relation or sprung apart, a wedge 10 is forced between said members at a point near to their attached ends, so that Serial No. 152,370. (No model.)

when the free ends of the spaced members are moved toward each other they are bent at the line of this edge.

The pen-point is engaged with its stembetween the clamping member, as above described, and to move said members toward each-other and hold them in clamping positions a ring 11 is slidably disposed upon the handle and has an interior diameter somewhat less than the major diameter of the handle, so that as the ring is slid in the direction of the major end of the handle it will press upon the spaced members and move them toward each other. In order that the penpoint may be held yieldably, the ring may be a split ring, as illustrated, of spring metal, so that when pressure is applied to the pen the ring may slightly expand to permit of corresponding separation of the clamping members, to a degree, however, not sulficient to permit the pen-point to drop out. Furthermore, by use of the spring-ring it may be pushed farther onto the larger portion of the handle, so as to tightly hug the latter and prevent accidental rearward movement.

In Fig. 3 of the drawings instead of a split spring-ring there is shown a helical spring, which is slightly tapered and which may be forced onto the major end portion of the handleto move the clamping members closely against the stem of the pen-point and hold them, it 'being understood that 'with the greater number of convolutions there is a dle tapered from end to end and having a longitudinal slot in its major end and resultant spaced clamping members, the inner face of one of said members having a pair ofhorizontal grooves for the reception of the edges of the pen-point, the portion of the face 1yingbetween the two grooves being convexed to conform to the concavity of the pen-point,

the remaining member having a concavity in mounted upon the handle and movable beits inner face for the reception of the conyond the wedge in the direction of the major vexity of the pen-point, and a spring-sleeve end of the handle, the interior diameter of 15 slidably mounted upon the handle and movthe sleeve being less than the major diameter able onto the spaced clamping members, the of the handle. 7 interior diameter of the sleeve being less In testimony whereof I affix my signature than the major diameter of the handle. in presence of two witnesses.

2. Apenholdercomprisingahandle tapered from end to end and having a longitudinal JOHN ESTES slot in its major end and resultant spaced I clamping members, a wedge engaged between the members, and a clamping-sleeve slidably l Witnesses:

M. O. TURNER, JNo. M. SIMMONS. 

